jQuery: Performing synchronous AJAX requests

Question

I\'ve done some jQuery in the past, but I am completely stuck on this. I know about the pros and cons of using synchronous ajax calls, but here it will be required.

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Answer 1

how remote is that url ? is it from the same domain ? the code looks okay

try this

$.ajaxSetup({async:false});
$.get(remote_url, function(data) { remote = data; });
// or
remote = $.get(remote_url).responseText;